Alert archive / Alaska / High Surf Advisories in 2021
High Surf Advisory 1, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this high surf advisory at Jul 27, 2021, 3:43 AM AKDT. It took effect at Jul 28, 2021, 1:00 AM AKDT. It was in force for 32 hr.
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The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 27, 2021, 3:43 AM AKDT (11:43 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 28, 2021, 1:00 AM AKDT
- Expired
- Jul 29, 2021, 9:10 AM AKDT
- In force
- 32 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
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016 WHAK49 PAFG 271143 CFWAFG Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Fairbanks AK 343 AM AKDT Tue Jul 27 2021 AKZ211-280200- /O.NEW.PAFG.SU.Y.0001.210728T0900Z-210729T1200Z/ Southern Seward Peninsula Coast- Including Nome, White Mountain, and Golovin 343 AM AKDT Tue Jul 27 2021 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 AM AKDT THURSDAY... The National Weather Service in Fairbanks has issued a High Surf Advisory, which is in effect from 1 AM Wednesday to 4 AM AKDT Thursday. * LOCATION...Nome to Golovin. * TIMING...1 AM Wednesday to 4 AM Thursday. * WAVE AND SURF...4 to 6 feet above the normal high tide line. * IMPACTS...Wave run-up will push water much higher than normal along the beach. For Nome, water will approach homes in the Belmont Division and portions of the port area will have standing water. At Golovin, water may approach the old runway. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A High Surf Advisory means that localized beach erosion is expected. Precautions should be taken to protect property. && $$
5 follow-up statements
342 WHAK49 PAFG 272209 CFWAFG Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Fairbanks AK 209 PM AKDT Tue Jul 27 2021 AKZ212-281800- /O.EXB.PAFG.SU.Y.0001.210728T0900Z-210729T1400Z/ Eastern Norton Sound and Nulato Hills- Including Unalakleet, Stebbins, St Michael, Elim, Koyuk, and Shaktoolik 209 PM AKDT Tue Jul 27 2021 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM WEDNESDAY TO 6 AM AKDT THURSDAY... The National Weather Service in Fairbanks has issued a High Surf Advisory, which is in effect from 1 AM Wednesday to 6 AM AKDT Thursday. * LOCATION...Unalakleet north. * TIMING...1 AM Wednesday to 6 AM Thursday. * WAVE AND SURF...4 to 6 feet above the normal high tide line. * IMPACTS...Wave run-up will push water much higher than normal along the beach. Highest water levels will be from Unalakleet north. Minor beach erosion is expected. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A High Surf Advisory means that localized beach erosion is expected. Precautions should be taken to protect property. && $$ AKZ213-281800- /O.EXB.PAFG.SU.Y.0001.210728T0900Z-210729T1400Z/ St Lawrence Island and Bering Strait Coast- Including Gambell, Savoonga, Brevig Mission, Teller, Wales, and Diomede 209 PM AKDT Tue Jul 27 2021 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM WEDNESDAY TO 6 AM AKDT THURSDAY... The National Weather Service in Fairbanks has issued a High Surf Advisory, which is in effect from 1 AM Wednesday to 6 AM AKDT Thursday. * LOCATION...Seward Peninsula Coast from Wales South. * TIMING...1 AM Wednesday to 6 AM Thursday. * WAVE AND SURF...3 to 5 feet above the normal high tide line. * IMPACTS...Wave run-up will push water much higher than normal along the beach. Minor beach erosion is expected. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A High Surf Advisory means that localized beach erosion is expected. Precautions should be taken to protect property. && $$ AKZ211-281800- /O.EXT.PAFG.SU.Y.0001.210728T0900Z-210729T1400Z/ Southern Seward Peninsula Coast- Including Nome, White Mountain, and Golovin 209 PM AKDT Tue Jul 27 2021 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM WEDNESDAY TO 6 AM AKDT THURSDAY... * LOCATION...Nome to Golovin. * TIMING...1 AM Wednesday to 6 AM Thursday. * WAVE AND SURF...4 to 6 feet above the normal high tide line. * IMPACTS...Wave run-up will push water much higher than normal along the beach. For Nome, water will approach homes in the Belmont Division and portions of the port area will have standing water. At Golovin, water may approach the old runway. Minor beach erosion is expected. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A High Surf Advisory means that localized beach erosion is expected. Precautions should be taken to protect property. && $$
077 WHAK49 PAFG 281214 CFWAFG Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Fairbanks AK 414 AM AKDT Wed Jul 28 2021 AKZ211-290200- /O.CON.PAFG.SU.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-210729T1400Z/ Southern Seward Peninsula Coast- Including Nome, White Mountain, and Golovin 414 AM AKDT Wed Jul 28 2021 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKDT THURSDAY... * LOCATION...Nome to Golovin. * TIMING...1 AM Wednesday to 6 AM Thursday. * WAVE AND SURF...4 to 6 feet above the normal high tide line. * IMPACTS...Wave run-up will push water much higher than normal along the beach. For Nome, water will approach homes in the Belmont Division and portions of the port area will have standing water. At Golovin, water may approach the old runway. Minor beach erosion is expected. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A High Surf Advisory means that localized beach erosion is expected. Precautions should be taken to protect property. && $$ AKZ212-290200- /O.CON.PAFG.SU.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-210729T1400Z/ Eastern Norton Sound and Nulato Hills- Including Unalakleet, Stebbins, St Michael, Elim, Koyuk, and Shaktoolik 414 AM AKDT Wed Jul 28 2021 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKDT THURSDAY... * LOCATION...Unalakleet north. * TIMING...1 AM Wednesday to 6 AM Thursday. * WAVE AND SURF...4 to 6 feet above the normal high tide line. * IMPACTS...Wave run-up will push water much higher than normal along the beach. Highest water levels will be from Unalakleet north. Minor beach erosion is expected. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A High Surf Advisory means that localized beach erosion is expected. Precautions should be taken to protect property. && $$ AKZ213-290200- /O.CON.PAFG.SU.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-210729T1400Z/ St Lawrence Island and Bering Strait Coast- Including Gambell, Savoonga, Brevig Mission, Teller, Wales, and Diomede 414 AM AKDT Wed Jul 28 2021 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKDT THURSDAY... * LOCATION...Seward Peninsula Coast from Wales South. * TIMING...1 AM Wednesday to 6 AM Thursday. * WAVE AND SURF...3 to 5 feet above the normal high tide line. * IMPACTS...Wave run-up will push water much higher than normal along the beach. Minor beach erosion is expected. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A High Surf Advisory means that localized beach erosion is expected. Precautions should be taken to protect property. && $$
714 WHAK49 PAFG 282119 CFWAFG Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Fairbanks AK 119 PM AKDT Wed Jul 28 2021 AKZ211-291400- /O.CON.PAFG.SU.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-210729T1400Z/ Southern Seward Peninsula Coast- Including Nome, White Mountain, and Golovin 119 PM AKDT Wed Jul 28 2021 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKDT THURSDAY... * LOCATION...Nome to Golovin. * TIMING...Now through 6 AM Thursday. * WAVE AND SURF...4 to 6 feet above the normal high tide line. * IMPACTS...Wave run-up will push water much higher than normal along the beach. For Nome, water will approach homes in the Belmont Division and portions of the port area will have standing water. At Golovin, water is inundating the old runway. Minor beach erosion is expected. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A High Surf Advisory means that localized beach erosion is expected. Precautions should be taken to protect property. && $$ AKZ212-291400- /O.CON.PAFG.SU.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-210729T1400Z/ Eastern Norton Sound and Nulato Hills- Including Unalakleet, Stebbins, St Michael, Elim, Koyuk, and Shaktoolik 119 PM AKDT Wed Jul 28 2021 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKDT THURSDAY... * LOCATION...Unalakleet north. * TIMING...Now through 6 AM Thursday. * WAVE AND SURF...4 to 6 feet above the normal high tide line. * IMPACTS...Wave run-up will push water much higher than normal along the beach. Highest water levels will be from Unalakleet north. Minor beach erosion is expected. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A High Surf Advisory means that localized beach erosion is expected. Precautions should be taken to protect property. && $$ AKZ213-291400- /O.CON.PAFG.SU.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-210729T1400Z/ St Lawrence Island and Bering Strait Coast- Including Gambell, Savoonga, Brevig Mission, Teller, Wales, and Diomede 119 PM AKDT Wed Jul 28 2021 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKDT THURSDAY... * LOCATION...Seward Peninsula Coast from Wales South. * TIMING...Now through 6 AM Thursday. * WAVE AND SURF...3 to 5 feet above the normal high tide line. * IMPACTS...Wave run-up will push water much higher than normal along the beach. Minor beach erosion is expected. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A High Surf Advisory means that localized beach erosion is expected. Precautions should be taken to protect property. && $$
478 WHAK49 PAFG 291207 CFWAFG Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Fairbanks AK 407 AM AKDT Thu Jul 29 2021 AKZ211-292000- /O.EXT.PAFG.SU.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-210729T2000Z/ Southern Seward Peninsula Coast- Including Nome, White Mountain, and Golovin 407 AM AKDT Thu Jul 29 2021 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKDT TODAY... * LOCATION...Nome to Golovin. * TIMING...Now through 6 AM Thursday. * WAVE AND SURF...Highest levels of 4 to 6 feet above the normal high tide line have occurred, so expect levels to go down throughout the morning. * IMPACTS...Wave run-up will push water much higher than normal along the beach. For Nome, water will approach homes in the Belmont Division and portions of the port area will have standing water. At Golovin, water is inundating the old runway. Minor beach erosion is expected. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A High Surf Advisory means that localized beach erosion is expected. Precautions should be taken to protect property. && $$ AKZ212-292000- /O.EXT.PAFG.SU.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-210729T2000Z/ Eastern Norton Sound and Nulato Hills- Including Unalakleet, Stebbins, St Michael, Elim, Koyuk, and Shaktoolik 407 AM AKDT Thu Jul 29 2021 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKDT TODAY... * LOCATION...Unalakleet north. * TIMING...Now through 6 AM Thursday. * WAVE AND SURF...Highest levels of 4 to 6 feet above the normal high tide line have occurred, so expect levels to go down throughout the morning. * IMPACTS...Wave run-up will push water much higher than normal along the beach. Highest water levels will be from Unalakleet north. Minor beach erosion is expected. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A High Surf Advisory means that localized beach erosion is expected. Precautions should be taken to protect property. && $$ AKZ213-292000- /O.EXT.PAFG.SU.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-210729T2000Z/ St Lawrence Island and Bering Strait Coast- Including Gambell, Savoonga, Brevig Mission, Teller, Wales, and Diomede 407 AM AKDT Thu Jul 29 2021 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKDT TODAY... * LOCATION...Seward Peninsula Coast from Wales South. * TIMING...Now through 6 AM Thursday. * WAVE AND SURF...Highest levels of 3 to 5 feet above the normal high tide line have occurred, so expect levels to go down throughout the morning. * IMPACTS...Wave run-up will push water much higher than normal along the beach. Minor beach erosion is expected. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A High Surf Advisory means that localized beach erosion is expected. Precautions should be taken to protect property. && $$
992 WHAK49 PAFG 291710 CFWAFG Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Fairbanks AK 910 AM AKDT Thu Jul 29 2021 AKZ211>213-291815- /O.CAN.PAFG.SU.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-210729T2000Z/ Southern Seward Peninsula Coast- Eastern Norton Sound and Nulato Hills- St Lawrence Island and Bering Strait Coast- Including Nome, White Mountain, Golovin, Unalakleet, Stebbins, St Michael, Elim, Koyuk, Shaktoolik, Gambell, Savoonga, Brevig Mission, Teller, Wales, and Diomede 910 AM AKDT Thu Jul 29 2021 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this high surf advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Fairbanks, AK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this high surf advisory went out at Jul 26, 3:14 PM AKDT, 12 hours 29 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 26, 3:14 PM AKDT, 12 hours 29 minutes before
Northern Alaska Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Fairbanks AK 314 PM AKDT Mon Jul 26 2021 .SYNOPSIS... Rainy conditions are expected to persist for several days across the West Coast and parts of the North Slope. Rainfall accumulations will be significant along parts of the Seward Peninsula and western Brooks Range. In addition to the rain, strong southwest winds are expected to cause elevated surf and increase water levels along the coast from the Bering Strait south. Showers will gradually creep inland, reaching the central Interior this evening, and encompassing most of the Eastern Interior Tuesday. Cool, showery weather is expected to persist across much of the forecast area through Wednesday, then a warming and drying trend will commence Thursday across the Eastern Interior with a return to high pressure. && .DISCUSSION... Aloft 500 mb... The complex synoptic pattern can mostly be summarized by a longwave trough spanning much of the Bering Sea, Alaska, and northwestern Canada. The pattern is anchored by two prominent height minima over Wrangel Island and the Gulf of Alaska, respectively. A weak ridge remains in place across Southcentral Alaska and the southeast Interior. Southwest to westerly flow through the pattern will support a stream of moisture onto the West Coast which will penetrate well east into the Interior. The Wrangel Low will deepen and move south in the mid week, amplifying the longwave trough in the Bering Sea. This will in turn restrengthen the ridge and result in warming and drying across the eastern Interior later in the week. North Slope and Brooks Range... A weather front is moving east across the North Slope this afternoon supporting light rain and low stratus across much of the area. East winds will briefly turn southerly overnight as a weak high chases the front, but will swing back easterly as the next front advances across the region Tuesday. Another round of rain is expected with this next system which will persist into Thursday. West Coast and Western Interior... Rain, heavy at times is expected across the region. South and west facing shores and mountain slopes will see the most rainfall, locally up to 3 inches through Wednesday. While no flooding is yet anticipated, river levels will certainly increase. In addition, The heaviest rain will taper off late Wednesday but showers will continue into the weekend. Central and Eastern Interior... Cloudy cumulus across the eastern Interior is beginning to give way to increasing shower activity. As of 3 PM, showers are visible on radar east and south of Fairbanks. Shower activity will increaseovernight and continue to spread east. Showers will persist through Wednesday. Much of the region can expect between 0.10 to 0.25 inches through Wednesday, however locally up to 0.75 inches is possible in the hills north and west of Fairbanks, as well as north of Eagle. Southwest winds will pick up this afternoon, with gusts up to 25 mph over hilltops. Coastal Hazard Potential Days 3 and 4... Prolonged south to southwest winds across the eastern Bering Sea will increase to 35 kt by Wednesday and cause increased wave action along the Seward coast with 3 to 5 feet of surge above the high water line by Thursday. Wave runup, elevated seas, and potential high water on the Snake River could combine to cause potential issues for Nome Wednesday into Thursday. && .FIRE WEATHER... Heavy rain across much of Western Alaska, along with cloudy skies and showery conditions in the east will limit fire weather over the next couple of days. However, gusty SW winds are expected across much of the state. By Thursday, ridging will begin to rebuild over eastern Alaska, initiating a warming and drying trend into the weekend. && .HYDROLOGY... Rainfall amounts of 1 to 3 inches through Wednesday are expected across much of the West Coast, primarily the southern Seward coast and the Western Brooks Range. Drainages out of the Southern Seward Peninsula and Western Brooks Range will see significant rises in water levels during the week. Soils will be saturated by mid week with the potential for heavy rain to trigger rapid rises on smaller creeks in the area. People living or recreating in these areas should monitor local conditions and be prepared for rises on local streams and rivers including the Snake, Niukluk, Buckland, Kobuk, Noatak and Wulik Rivers. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... Small Craft Advisory for PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ220. && COWMAN JUL 21
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 3:52 AM AKDT | Gale Warning | AFG | 48 hr | |
| Jul 27, 3:52 AM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFG | 48 hr | |
| Jul 27, 3:54 AM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFG | 3 days | |
| Jul 27, 2:46 PM AKDT | Gale Warning | AFG | 37 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.